The skilful halfback returns to play his first game in four months after overcoming the first major obstacles of his fledgling career. Can a couple of scars be the making of both Walker and the Tricolours?
Champion halves love Sam Walker, the same way they like a banana kick or a soon-to-be prostrate prop lumbering in vain on the inside.Club consultant Cooper Cronk urged Trent Robinson not to drop Walker in April, despite suggestions ofBenji Marshall, coaching the Tigers in everything but title this weekend, loves the “lost art” he sees in Walker and expects a point to be proved in Saturday’s clash.
“Time off is often a good thing for players at a young age,” Robinson says. “Usually it comes in an off-season. When you can take one or two steps back and observe, there is some growth that can happen and I feel like that’s happened with Sam. “We’re not as stuck on left and right as some of the modern teams are,” Robinson says. “We like our guys to interchange sides at different times and move around the field.
Can Walker’s fearless, flighty playmaking still fit into an attack that after floundering all year, is finally showing signs of life? “We’ve had some good discussions and I really like how hard he’s working. There’s a little bit of the natural game that came out and a little bit of the responsibility on time that he played.”
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